Tailboard mounting



Jan. 8', 1935. D. c. WENDEL 1,986,953

TAILBOARD MOUNTING Filed April 16, 1950 2 sheets-sheet 1 gun INVENTOR ATTORNEY Jan. 8, 1935.

D. C. WENDEL TAILBOARD MOUNTING Filed April 16, 1930 '2 sheet -sh 2 DW// ("wi ATTORNEY 11v g A the floor 12. Bolts 35 are passed through holes in the floor 12 and engage holes 36 in the flanges 33. Nuts 38 are screwed on the ends of bolts 35 which project beyond the under surface of the floor. A core 16' 'is inserted within the sleeve 32 and a metal reinforcing plate 28' is embedded in the floor 12 like the plate 28. An arcuate strip 27 having an outside radius slightly less than the inside radius of the strap 23, is fitted over the exposed surface of the sleeve 32 with its uppersur'face flush with the'surfaceof the plate 28' and is secured by welding. Due to the thickness of this strip 28 it protects the sleeve.

'In Fig. 5 I have shown a simple form' of.mount-.j

may be secured by bolts 43. A hole 44 may be either; bored or cast? -in theb'arAO toreceive ",a

' core 16" or the bar lmay'be left fsolid and'hav 'trunnions cast or. turned-on each end.

In Fig. 6 I have shown anotherl form which COHSiStSiOf a substantially U- shapedmember'46 with wedge shaped upper portions 4'7 and a-projectinglowerfflange" 48 adapted to fit in'a recess 50 in the under surface of 'thefloor 12, and is secured by bolts 51; j A bar .52 of molded rubber or any like material, having :a hole'53 centrally located within said bar Iinserted -endwise in the cavity 54 of the member48. The usual core'16f is inserted in said hole to receive and to be pinned to the tail boardmo'unting ends 27. This type of mounting has the advantage of preventing rattling as well as providing a flush type mounting. .1 f 1 For light delivery truck's,.'the mounting shown in Fig. 1 with-two endbearings is sufficient but.

trucks" built for 'he avy service,-' -additional I bracing is'required for the tail board mountings.

This bracing may beprovided in many ways,

two-of which are shown'in Figs. 7 and A pluralityof slots 56 and 56 are-provided in the floor 12 with pipe sections 13 terminating at the faces of each slot. Strapir'onhinges 58 secured to. the tail board any convenient way are'looped at 60 tofit around the core 16 which is inserted in the pipesections 13'-and exposed .in'slots 56' and 56k The ends of said core 16 terminatein brackets fil'secured to the end posts 62 of the truck bo'dy; Eye bolts 63,- inserted in the end of the'tail board llasshown in Fig. 8 and secured by means of -locking pins 64 or nuts ;(not shown), are adapted to be inserted in the turegofa simple andinexpensive form but which doesnotprovide anabsolutfe flush type of space ilessmounting. Thespace S- which is left between the tail board end and floorend is however ,offsuch a form that'no interference would bejcaused when-furniture would'pass over said space, the casters, on. said furniture being largerthan the space. y 3

The parts are identical to those referred to and-shown in =Figs., 2, and? with the exception that the strip '21 and are shapedstrapy23fare eliminated; It-is 'obviouszthatthis construction wil be. :1 very .ine nensive tomanufacture since.

all standard parts are used namely short lengths of piping 13 for the supporting means, the core 16 which is also standard pipe and strap iron hinges 58, the whole being bolted into place by bolts 15. The only other operations are to provide the recesses 14 and and the slots 18 and 56. The reinforcing plate 28 is a piece of standard sheet metal.

In the construction shown in Figs. 13 and 14 I have simplified the structure still further by eliminating the short pipelengths 13 and using only the core 16, strap hinges 58, reinforcing plate 28 and bolts 15. The tailboard is undercut from any damage which might be caused by... backing the truck into a platform forinstanc'ei'" at 68 to clear the reinforcing plate when it is raisedto' a vertical position.

Having described my invention, I claim: ing which consists of a substantially square shaped bar having a flange'duppersurface 41' adapted to fit in a recess 42 in the floor 12;and

1..A. tail board mounting comprising a tail board member adapted to swing around a tubularhinge member embedded within the rear end of a truck floor and adapted to swing from a vertical pos'ition above'said floor to a vertical position below said floor, said tail board having an arcuate grooved end'which isadapted to move in close relation to an upper right angled corner edge'of said floor,- and provide a spaceless joint between the tail board and fi'oor members when the uppersurface of the tail ment with the floor surface. 7

'2.'A tail board mounting as defined in claim. 1 with the hinged portion comprising tubular groove in the end of the truck floor, a right board is in align- 30 sections spaced apart and embedded within a angled outer edge on each ofsaid tubular sec-' tions, and a core within said tubular sections) which is adapted to be engaged between the tube edge on each of saidtubular sections, and a core within said tubular sections which is adaptedto be engaged by eye bolts secured within the end of the tail board,

4. A tail board mountingias defined in claim 1 withthehinged portion comprising flanged tubular sections embedded within a' recess in the tail board end in spaced relation, a curved reinforcadapted to be engaged by the looped ends 0 strap members secured to the tail boa-rd.

5. A tail board mounting as defined in claim 1 with the hinged portion comprising a substantially square bar having a flanged upper surface,

adapted to be secured to the rear end of the be engaged by the looped ends of strap members tially channel shaped member having a flanged portion adapted to be secured to the rear end inserted within the channel portion and acentrally disposed core within said rubber section adapted to be engaged by the looped ends of I strap members secured to the tail board; I

.of the truck floor, a rubber composition section- I 7. In a tail board mounting,.a stationary hinge member comprising tubular sections, each having one right angled edge, said sectionstbeing'spaced j apart on a core with said right angled edges in alignment, and the whole secured within a recessed end of a truckfloor, a reinforcing plate embedded in the truck floor, slots ,cut in said floor in alignment with sectional tube separations,

ma pivotal hinge member having a plurality of arms attached thereto which pivotally engage said core member between the spaced tubular members, said pivotal hinge member having an arcuate grooved end adapted to pass over said i right angled edge on said tubular sections.

8. In a tail board mounting the combination of a truck floorand a tail board, with a mounting comprising sectional tubular members spaced apart on a core, a recess in the truck floor within which the tubular-members are adapted to be spaced relation upon a core, the whole being Q secured within a recess injthe rear end, of a truck floor, said floor having slots in alignment with the sectional tube separations, and a pivotal hinge member having a plurality of arms attached thereto, which arms pivotally engage said core between the spaced tube separations.

10. In a tail board mounting, a stationary hinge member comprising tubular sections mounted in spaced relation upon a core, the

whole being secured within a recess in the rear end of a truck floor, a reinforcing plate embedded in the truck floor at the rear end thereof having slots therein and through said floor in alignment with the sectional tube separations,

and a pivotal hinge member having a plurality of arms attached thereto, which arms pivotally engage said core between the spaced tubular sections.

DANIEL c. WENDEL. 

